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The masked side of design leadership
, UX Collective - Medium
The behaviors we need to break and evolveVenetian Carnaval Mask — Photo from PixabayMany in the design industry have been inspired by design leaders who created environments that enabled their teams to succeed, grow, and make a positive impact in the world. However, many of our peers, clients, and colleagues have been frustrated, burned out, and held back by leadership, which can have more negative effects.
In this post, authored by Jose Coronado in close collaboration with Jason Mesut and his shaping tools, we decode some negative archetypes, or ‘anti-patterns,’ of design leadership and explore how you can start to improve and manage them better, as the leader yourself, or someone affected by such a leader. We are grateful to Sara Wachter-Boettcher for her editorial feedback.
The hidden cost of AI convenience: Our ability to think
, UX Collective - Medium
How the tools designed to augment human intelligence are accidentally replacing it.
Enhancing Data Input with Layered Drawer Form
, UX Planet - Medium
Enhancing Data Input with Layered Drawer NavigationWhen I was working as a senior product designer on Grubtech, a kitchen and restaurant management platform, we faced a recurring UX challenge with long and complex forms across the back-office interface. The existing modal-based structure made the experience disjointed and frustrating for users — especially when nested steps were required or when users needed to go back and forth between different levels of input.
The ProblemIn our original design, user input was handled through modal dialogs. This approach became problematic as our workflows grew in complexity — especially when forms became multi-step, or when nested actions required opening a new modal on top of another.
Why Digital Commitment Levels Matter
, UX Planet - Medium
The topic for this article has been slow-cooking in my mind for quite some time. It sparked itself due to repeated occurrences of utilizing some applications that produced substantial frustration on my part, and that propelled this reflection on what it means to respect your users, cultivate a positive customer experience, and why some brands don’t care in the least about digital commitment levels with their users. Hopefully what I’m about to describe and some of my recommendations to bypass these situations will resonate with teams and professionals thinking through product solutions.
Frustrating Product Experiences.
Dashboard That Works: A Step-by-Step Guide for Startups in 2025
, UX Planet - Medium
How to plan a dashboard people will use: 10 Key StepsDashboard user interface elements in light and dark modesOur team has built dashboards for a wide range of businesses, and we’ve picked up a few key insights along the way.
If you’re thinking about creating a dashboard, here’s some advice that might save you time, money, and a bit of sanity.
User behaviours, product design architecture, and the impact of AI
, UX Collective - Medium
How user behaviours shape product design architecture, and how AI will reshape the digital products landscape.Image is generated by ChatGPT.Architecture in digital product design is controversial and ambiguous. On one hand, there is Information Architecture; on the other, there is System Design. Career ladders and design positions often require one or the other. They are considered important, but people seem to mean different things when talking about them. Normally, people mean something related to how information is organised and accessed. Like sitemaps, navigation, content taxonomies, user flows, data indexing, etc.
Neither Information Architecture nor System Design appears to clearly translate into established product design work, processes, artifacts, or mental models [1, 2, 3]. A few years ago, I consulted a company that was doing one of the first AI recommendation engines on the market, and the team was particularly concerned about making “Information Architecture” right in their Back Office. Rightly so, but it turned out that what they really meant was how product sections are grouped and presented in the navigation. The team did research and was happy to update it. Was that work important? Yes. Is it architectural work for a product? Sort of. If we consider the architecture of informational products as a way of how access to information is organised, navigation is just a small fraction of that work. Navigation may be significantly less relevant for other products like TikTok, Airbnb, Shazam, or Headspace, but they still architecture access to information, right?
Just start: shutting out the AI hype and forming your own perspective
, UX Collective - Medium
No more noise or silly “pop AI” advice on LinkedIn. Here’s a brief guide to taking a gentle dip into this new technology and forming your…
Why no one takes content design seriously (and how to change that)
, UX Planet - Medium
Source: jasdeogan.comContent design. The somewhat forgotten practice that guides users from A to B. That structures information. That plays a simple yet powerful role in shaping user experience (UX). The unsung hero of design that very rarely receives the recognition it deserves.
But why?
How Much Is AI Used in UX?
, MeasuringU
Did the student write the paper with AI? Did the teacher review the paper with AI?
Did the respondent use AI to answer the survey? Did the researcher use AI to detect responses that were AI generated?
20 Years of MeasuringU: Celebrating with the UX Community
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Join us as we celebrate 20 years of innovation and partnership in UX Research on Thursday, August 7th, from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM in the RiNo neighborhood of Denver. We’re excited to invite you to our anniversary happy hour – a special gathering for our valued customers, clients, and the entire UX community to connect, reminisce, and look to the future.
